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No, Victoria’s Secret Isn’t Going Broke Because It Dropped The Angels For Overweight Models: It Was COMPETITION Pure and Simple
The Federalist ^ | 01/16/2023 | Madeline Osburn

Posted on 01/16/2023 6:49:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/16/2023 6:49:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, the founder was involved with Jeffrey Epstein:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/business/jeffrey-epstein-wexner-victorias-secret.html


2 posted on 01/16/2023 6:52:30 AM PST by proxy_user
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Of course it is!

Because all the other companies are using fat girls to model sexy underwear too!


3 posted on 01/16/2023 6:52:32 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: proxy_user

He wasn’t happy being with his own models?


4 posted on 01/16/2023 6:54:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

from what I saw of those ads, it will do permanent harm to the company’s sales in regions they were used.

everyone will have a reason to explain sales drop, but it won’t be that reason.

shareholders nominally should resist, but funds (mutual and pension) own most shares. they aren’t voting against this slate.


5 posted on 01/16/2023 6:56:17 AM PST by WoofDog123
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To: SeekAndFind

The is some truth to this. Shopping malls have gone by the wayside since they became thug paradises. That said, VS ruined their brand with the big and fat focus and the tranny emphasis. That fashion show was mostly liked by guys and that was a big draw for the VS. Tubbies and fake women ruined it. Guys needed barf bags to watch that.


6 posted on 01/16/2023 6:57:24 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: WoofDog123

Spot on.


7 posted on 01/16/2023 6:58:01 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: SeekAndFind

Riding fashion trends is like riding a tiger.

Even if you get it right for a while, when trends change, you will be left in the cold.


8 posted on 01/16/2023 7:01:36 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

The Woke can never be satisfied.

It’s best to not even try.


9 posted on 01/16/2023 7:02:41 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, competition.

Those overweight models just couldn’t compete.....................


10 posted on 01/16/2023 7:02:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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"No, Victoria's Secret Isn't Going Broke Because It Dropped The Angels For Overweight Models."

Hmmmm... Would, "tongue in cheek" be the wrong expression to use at this point..??

11 posted on 01/16/2023 7:03:53 AM PST by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: SeekAndFind
As Schumpeter put it, creative destruction. A few articles up is one on the impending bankruptcy of BB&Beyond; same thing.

In my long and unillustrious life, I have seen W.T. Grant and Woolworth's overtaken by K-Mart and Sears, who were overtaken by Wal-Mart and Costco, who are being overtaken by Amazon and Wish/Temu. If I keep losing weight, I may live long enough to see who overtakes Amazon.

12 posted on 01/16/2023 7:04:36 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: dforest

Even after a thousand companies get woke and go broke the “experts” will still be in denial.


13 posted on 01/16/2023 7:04:42 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I used to have a Victoria’s Secret card.

One day, when I was 43, I bicycled to the mall to buy a “semi modest” negligee for my soon to be bride. I was wearing my typical bicycle clothing - spandex. That was really stupid, and embarrassing.

The entire time I was there I had to hold my helmet in front of my crotch. I did get 28 phone numbers, though. 🤣


14 posted on 01/16/2023 7:04:56 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: SeekAndFind

VS may be going down the tubes because it’s being out-played by the competition, but I don’t see how advertising with unattractive models is supposed to help - to me, that sounds like trying to draw people back to the mall by playing a cacophony of noise and static on the ubiquitous speakers instead of whatever one considers pleasant background music.


15 posted on 01/16/2023 7:05:41 AM PST by Stosh
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To: SeekAndFind
Never did understand the fascination with Victoria's Secretions.

Regards,

16 posted on 01/16/2023 7:05:45 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: chajin

Creative destruction is real, but rock stupid woke marketing and advertising folks put gasoline on the fire.


17 posted on 01/16/2023 7:06:09 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This thread has a total lack of evidence.


18 posted on 01/16/2023 7:08:21 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

The evidence may not be to your liking.


19 posted on 01/16/2023 7:09:20 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: DannyTN

RE: This thread has a total lack of evidence.

Can you tell us what sort of evidence you want to see?


20 posted on 01/16/2023 7:09:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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